--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2021/09/22 13:52:02	1.1466
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2021/10/07 15:51:16	1.1467
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1466 2021/09/22 13:52:02 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1467 2021/10/07 15:51:16 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -14608,7 +14608,7 @@ sub use_proxy_alias {
     if ($alias) {
         my $dom = &host_domain($lonid);
         if ($dom ne '') {
-            my $proxyinfo = &get_proxy_settings($dom );
+            my $proxyinfo = &get_proxy_settings($dom);
             my ($vpnint,$remote_ip);
             if (ref($proxyinfo) eq 'HASH') {
                 $vpnint = $proxyinfo->{'vpnint'};
@@ -14622,6 +14622,35 @@ sub use_proxy_alias {
         }
     }
     return;
+}
+
+sub alias_shibboleth {
+    my ($lonid) = @_;
+    if ($lonid eq '') {
+        $lonid = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    }
+    if (!defined(&hostname($lonid))) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if ($lonid ne '') {
+        my ($use_alias,$cached) = &is_cached_new('proxysaml',$lonid);
+        if ($cached) {
+            return $use_alias;
+        }
+        my $dom = &Apache::lonnet::host_domain($lonid);
+        if ($dom ne '') {
+            my $cachetime = 60*60*24;
+            my %domconfig =
+                &Apache::lonnet::get_dom('configuration',['wafproxy'],$dom);
+            if (ref($domconfig{'wafproxy'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                if (ref($domconfig{'wafproxy'}{'saml'}) eq 'HASH') {
+                    $use_alias = $domconfig{'wafproxy'}{'saml'}{$lonid};
+                }
+            }
+            return &do_cache_new('proxysaml',$lonid,$use_alias,$cachetime);
+        }
+    }
+    return;
 }
 
 sub get_saml_landing {